Grain-binder



(No Model.) r

, HIANDERSON. GRAIN BINDER.

No. 295,711. Patented Mar. 25, 1884.

WITNESSES JJVVEJVTOR 212,420, February 18,

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UNiTEn STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

JAMES H. ANDERSON, OF NEWTON, KANSAS.

GRAIN-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,711, dated March 25, 1884.

Application filed December 19, 1881. (No model.) W

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMns H. ANDERSON, of Newton, in the county of Harvey andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Grain- Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of binders in which the straw is packed against the compressor so constructed as to yield under thepressure of the compacted material whenthe receptacle becomes filled, such yielding movement' being utilized by connecting the parts with the clutching mechanism, so as to make the binding of the grain wholly automatic.

My invention may be applied to any machine operating in the manner above described;

but having adapted it to the form shown in the patent issued to John F. Appleby, No. 1879, I have'shown my device to conform to his Figure 2.

In Fig. 1 I show only such parts as are necessary to make the operation of my inven- Fig. 2 is a erosssection of O and B, taken in theline A is the needle, secured to the shaft or and rocking with it.

O is the compressor, forming one side of the gavel-receptacle; and B, the adjustable portion of it.

Dis the swinging bar,upon which 0 is pivoted at-d. G is cored through, so as to admit the bar D and permit a rocking motion.

. c is a lug upon the side of 0, provided with a hole for receiving loosely the rounded extremity of E.- The bar the heel a of .the needle. The result of this last construction is to cause the compressor to move upward as the needle is thrown forward and down. The lever E is secured to the shaft (2, which is connected with the clutch tripping mechanism. (Not shown.)

H is a shaft, upon which two or more cranks, GG, are mounted, the .said cranks carrying F is a thrust-rod, to which the bar D is pivoted at f,

for raising and lowering the compressingand tripping parts, to admit of the discharge of the bundles. e l l D is pivoted at d to the grain is All these details, as well as their opera-' tions, (aside from my part B,) are shown and fully described in the patent above referred to.

B is secured to O in any suitable manner that may admit .of adjustability. As shown, the part B is provided with a series of holes, and with bolts. It may be moved bodily, or,

if wished, it may be thrown forward at bottom or top.

It is customary to provide several holes in D, and to vary the position of O on D, for varying the size of the bundle produced; but this has serious objections in practice, which I will now point out.

The clutching mechanism is tripped by the rocking of the shaft 6, as is shown in the patent above referred to. j

The lever E is connected to the compressor by passing loosely through the lug c. If C is made adjustable on the bar D, the leverage on Q will vary. If G is moved upward to make a small bundle, the lug c, that moves the lever E, is moved near its fulcrum, and the lever being thus shortened a greater amount of pressure on 0 will be required to do the tripping. Because of these variations, due to the adjustment of 0.011 the bar, the uncertainties mentioned are produced, and which I avoid by making the size of the receptacle adjustable in the manner shown, thus leaving the leverage on E a constant quantity.

I am aware that it is not new to make the receptacle adjustable in size, and that O has been made to adjust on D, and so do not claim adjustability, broadly; but

I do claim 1. The combination of the tripping compressor 0, formed as described, with the section B, U-shaped in cross-section, and adjustably applied to said compressor, Substantially through and supporting the compressor, and as described. having pivotal connection to the same, sub;

2. lhe adjustable compressor having the stantiztlly as described. section B, 'U shaped in cross-section, the H JAMES H. ANDERSON. 5 main part of the compressor G entering the \Vitnesses:

part B, the Whole combined with the trip- E. s. STEWART; ping-lever E, the needle A, bar D, passed 7 ,L. E. .WILLIAMs. 

